Oracle sues patent troll Lodsys

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Oracle has filed a legal complaint against Lodsys — the company that’s taken aim at app makers on Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android, and other technology platforms for infringing on its patents — with the hopes of invalidating them.

Go Oracle!

Apple dominates tablets, everyone else fizzles

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Apple continued to lead the market with nearly 65% of worldwide units and surpassed 67 million cumulative shipments in its first eight quarters of availability. iPad can’t claim the highest mobile broadband (3G/4G) attach rate for media tablets, though Apple retains its title of shipping the most 3G-enabled tablets by outpacing the number two competitor by a factor of eight.

The battle is for second place.

Android growth slows

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The concern has to be that rather than seeing the net adds growing–as they have for two years with only two contiguous months of decline–Android net adds have been falling for four months.

iOS held steady and that’s just with the iPhone. Imagine the growth if they included the iPad.

Meechu for iPhone [Sponsor]

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Headed to WWDC next week? Leave your business cards at home for shimming tables. Take Meechu with you on your iPhone and connect to all the cool people you meet quickly and easily. When you meet someone, open Meechu and … Continued

Beardatheon

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The latest comic from Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech.

Absence note from President Obama

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Ryan’s son Tyler missed school to see his dad introduce the president, so Obama wrote him what just may be the best absence note ever collected by a 5th grader. Try punishing the kid for truancy now.

Magnetic iPhone mounting system

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This looks kind of cool. It’s on kickstarter with only four hours left and they currently $400 to meet the goal for the project.

Facebook iOS 6 integration

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My guess is that Apple will keep things simple with at least the initial Facebook/iOS integration. Beyond authentication, there will probably be a Facebook button in the existing share screen which will allow you to share something to your Facebook Wall.

Sounds like the Apple way to do it.

The shapes of CSS

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Now this is amazing stuff. Look at all of the shapes that can be done with CSS.

iStorage 2

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I’d like to thank iStorage for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed on The Loop.

The ultimate file manager for iOS. Connect, browse and edit your files in the cloud.

Google park the self-driving car and fix FeedBurner

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I can appreciate why Google is working on all kinds of new technologies like the self-driving car, but I think it’s time to fix some of the things it’s been ignoring for a long time. The big one for Web publishers is Feedburner.

Adjusting volume

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For people with mild OCD we’re always trying to make sure the volume level is set at an even number – say 14 or 28. Some people need it to feel even “more even” at 10 or 20.

It’s amazing how many times we do this — set the volume based on a number instead of how it sounds. But what happens when your new car doesn’t show you the volume level?

iOS 6

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Rene Ritchie wrote a very in-depth piece on some of the things Apple could improve on with iOS 6. He didn’t just look at elements of the current OS, but also what Apple could learn from Android, webOS and Windows.

Quotebook for iPhone and iPad

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Quotebook is a notebook for your quotes.

The app syncs quotes between the iPhone and iPad using iCloud, which I love. For me this app would be used just as much for capturing song ideas and lyrics as it would for quotes.

Pre-paid iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 coming June 22

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“Our customers want the best products available and we are excited to bring iPhone to our pre-paid consumers with an industry leading $55 per-month service plan,” said Doug Hutcheson, president and chief executive officer, Leap Wireless International, Inc. “Launching iPhone is a major milestone for us and we are proud to offer iPhone customers attractive nationwide coverage, a robust 3G data network and a value-packed, no-contract plan.”

Apple denies e-book price fixing

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Tuesday’s filing saw Apple categorically dismiss accusations from the class, which now includes 31 states, stating several times that the evidence will “speak for itself.” The response breaks down the complaint paragraph by paragraph, challenging the charges by either citing a lack of “sufficient evidence and belief” or denying them outright.

The need for ‘Like’ and ‘Tweet’ buttons

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Shawn Blanc:

When I redesigned this site I considered every element and asked myself why it was there and what purpose it served.

I did the same thing when I redesigned The Loop last September, but I kept the Tweet and Google+ buttons because I thought readers used them. If nobody is using the buttons on the page, I’d gladly get rid of them.

Skype’s future isn’t too bright

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However, its position at the top isn’t cemented. There are dozens of upstarts who want to eat into Skype’s future growth.

I don’t think there was ever a time when I liked Skype. It’s necessary sometimes, but I’d gladly use a startup that knew how to build software.

Tim Cook: In his own words

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The folks at Macworld have a great story summarizing Tim Cook’s conversation at D10 last night. Cook talked about Steve Jobs, the Apple TV, Macs, iPad, and a number of other topics.

Tim Cook at D10

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Mac Rumors is providing a live update of Tim Cook’s interview at the D10 Conference. The talk started at 9:00 ET.